{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck aims to use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Uugguu, the Omniplasm"}},{"insert":", birthing pod effects (mainly "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prime Speaker Vannifar"}},{"insert":") and clone creatures to create a massive number of copies of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"any"},{"insert":" creature, ooze or not. The "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Doppelgang"}},{"insert":" of your dreams for only a fraction of the mana cost.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Game Plan:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Step 1."},{"insert":"\nPlay Uugguu, then play a clone creature becoming a copy of Uugguu (ideally not one of your changeling clones), losing one of the nontoken Uugguus to the legend rule. One will see the other die, making two more nonlegendary copies of Uugguu for a total of three.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Step 2."},{"insert":"\nUsing a birthing pod effect (my favorite is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pyre of Heroes"}},{"insert":" ), sacrifice the remaining nontoken Uugguu. This will make you four more Uugguus, six total. With the birthing pod effect, fetch "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prime Speaker Vannifar"}},{"insert":" (who just so happens to be an ooze!).\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Step 3."},{"insert":"\nUsing Vannifar's ability, sacrifice one of the Uugguu clones or any other unimportant creature you have out. As long as the creature's mana value is less than five, you will be able to fetch another clone from your library, which you will have enter as a copy of Vannifar. Losing the original tapped Vannifar to the legend rule, this will make you 10 to 12 nonlegendary copies of Vannifar.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Step 4."},{"insert":"\nUse one of the Vannifars to sacrifice either an Uugguu or another Vannifar, fetching any creature with an \"exponential\" effect. We will use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirkwood Bats"}},{"insert":" for this example, as you can birthing pod it from an Uugguu token. After Mirkwood Bats enters, use another Vannifar to sacrifice a Vannifar to fetch either "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Moritte of the Frost"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Omni-Changeling"}},{"insert":". Have them enter as a copy of the Mirkwood Bats, then sacrifice them using another Vannifar. Since that clone of Mirkwood Bats was an ooze, it will trigger all of your Uugguus.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Step 5."},{"insert":"\nMake 10 copies of Mirkwood Bats, each seeing themselves and each other enter (as well as the original), resulting in 110 life loss triggers being put on the stack. If you really want to drive the point home, you could also use your other Vannifars to fetch even more clones from your deck to make more copies of Uuguu before you sacrifice the changeling clone.\n\nNow that's just the ideal win plan, but there are other ways to make 12 copies of your favorite creatures in Sultai colors. Using cheap creature type tutors like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cateran Summons"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Step Through"}},{"insert":" we can put "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Omni-Changeling"}},{"insert":" into our hand. Thanks to it having convoke, we only need to tap five Uugguus to make a nontoken ooze copy of any creature, even your opponents'. If it's a legendary creature like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Obyra, Dreaming Duelist"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ayara, First of Locthwain"}},{"insert":" you won't even need a sac-outlet to make it explode into more copies.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"More Interactions:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIf Vannifar somehow ends up in your graveyard you can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Necrotic Ooze"}},{"insert":" to copy her ability or use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Graveshifter"}},{"insert":" to fish her out. Necrotic Ooze can also copy the abilities of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shapesharer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Radioactive Spider"}},{"insert":" to grab an Omni-Changeling in a pinch. It's also an ooze which is very, very nice.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tribute Mage"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deadeye Quartermaster"}},{"insert":" can both tutor for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Paper"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stalactite Dagger"}},{"insert":". They can also tutor for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Greaves"}},{"insert":" to give haste to all 10 of your Vannifars. Tribute Mage can also tutor for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pyre of Heroes"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirror of the Forebears"}},{"insert":" if you need a birthing pod effect or clone. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Transit Mage"}},{"insert":" can grab "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birthing Pod"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Metamorph"}},{"insert":" to make more Uugguus or advance the win plan.\n\nYou can equip "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Paper"}},{"insert":" to a legendary creature naming Uugguu, the Omniplasm and ooze to both sacrifice it and trigger Uugguu all while preserving its abilities.\n\nYour wizardcycling cards can also be used to tutor for Vannifar, Transit Mage and Tribute Mage.\n\nUsing "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Great Divide Guide"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Vitality"}},{"insert":" with a haste enabler out allows you to create an exponentially increasing amount of mana as you clone Uugguu. You can pair this mana with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shapesharer"}},{"insert":" to copy your opponents' win-cons or just to make more Uugguus.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Final Thoughts:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIn the end, while this deck's game plan revolves around birthing pod and clones, its win-cons are extremely flexible. I've personally included ones that aim to end the game on the spot with life drain triggers, but as long as they are within the 4 to 6 mana value range any creature can work once you make enough copies of them.\n\nExamples that come to mind:\n\nMaking a bunch of copies of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maralen, Fae Ascendant"}},{"insert":" to mill your opponents out.\n\nSacrificing "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mutable Explorer"}},{"insert":" or an animated "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mutavault"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ob Nixilis, the Fallen"}},{"insert":" out for a ridiculous amount of landfall.\n\nIf you have 10 Vannifars/5 Uugguus on the battlefield and don't mind using extra space in the deck you can chain your Vannifars to fetch a creature of much higher mana value for an even flashier combo. For example:\n\nSac a Vannifar to another Vannifar to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Biogenic Ooze"}},{"insert":" --> Sacrifice Biogenic Ooze to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Slurrk, All-Ingesting"}},{"insert":" --> Sacrifice Slurrk to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Abhorrent Overlord"}},{"insert":" --> Sacrifice Abhorrent Overlord to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Craterhoof Behemoth"}},{"insert":" --> Sacrifice a tapped Vannifar to get Omni-changeling or Moritte entering as a copy of Craterhoof --> Sacrifice the changeling Craterhoof.\n\nIn total, you would make 50+ creatures and get 12 Craterhoof triggers, most likely winning you the game - and all as early as turn 5 if you have a birthing pod and haste enabler.\n\n\n"}]}